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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

I found an interesting challenge online, the Read Your Own Books challenge. Basically, you commit to reading a certain number of books you already own. I'm also committed to reading 52 books in 2009, so this will help with that as well.

At the beginning of 2009, I had 43 eBooks and 12 paper books in my 'to be read' pile. As I read books, I will move them from here to my books I've read in 2009 list, and will note there which ones fit this challenge.

On the eBook front, I have:

Ken McConnell, "Starstrikers" (found for free on the author's web site http://starstrikers.ning.com/)

Jane Lindskold, "The Buried Pyramid" (I think free from www.tor.com)

M.J. Rose, "The Reincarnationist" (was a free giveaway through, I think, www.mjrose.com, but it's not free any more)

Kate Rothwell, "The Rat Catcher" (free from the author at http://katerothwell.blogspot.com)

As for paper books, my local Chapters superstore has a large discount section, and I buy tons of books there. They're usually cheaper than a magazine, and I've found several new favourite authors there.

Nadine Dajani, "Fashionably Late" (discount table at Chapters. I'm afraid I won't like this because it centers around "I told a big lie and now I have to weasel out somehow", which tends to annoy me, but we will see.)

Martha O'Connor, "The Bitch Goddess Notebook" (discount table at Chapters. I started reading this book over a year ago and couldn't get into it. There was so much "ooh, there was a big thing that happened" and not enough "here are some details about the thing that happened so you don't just feel like we're stringing you along". But I will try it again.)

Below, I will list the books I get after January 15th, so that I can keep track of whether I achieve the Read Your Own Books challenge. (Only the books from the top two lists count for that challenge.) If you've got any recommendations for me, let me know!

In the meantime, though, it's time for me to get reading! (Actually, it's not. Raoul is calling me. TONIGHT will be time to get reading. :)

When the gods come back to declare Judgment Day, no one believes they are who they say they are. So they're forced to fashion the end of the world in a modern style, ultimately enacting Armageddon in the form of a TV game show. Mankind's only hope could be a machine that promises instant enlightment, but it's not working properly. Or is it?

Thanks for the pointer to GoodReads, Jennifer... I think, anyhow... I do NOT need another big time-waster. :)

Riohnna, I would never be able to move to another country - I have tons of books! I don't read ebooks on the computer either (just tried one and am not a fan), I read on my Palm Treo (kinda like a Kindle ebook reader but with a phone/calendar/etc built in). I can actually set it up to auto-scroll a book and crochet at the same time. :)

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